--- title: et cetera... a blog of bright ideas from ETC | Marshall Bissett description: Marshall Bissett grew up in Central Scotland and studied theater direction at the Old Vic Theatre School. He worked on the original productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and toured with such acts as Chicago, Neil Diamond, and The Rolling Stones. In 1983 he founded TMB, a worldwide supplier of lighting equipment. He’s kept his hand in directing, which in retirement now vies for his time along with freelance writing and fly-fishing. image: https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Logos%20-%20Icons%20-%20Design%20Elements/ETC_4c-1.png --- - [ETCCONNECT](https://etcconnect.com/) - [ABOUT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/about) - [AUTHORS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/blog-authors) - [CONTACT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/contact) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [![EtCetera\_319x104](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "EtCetera_319x104")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) [![ETC Blog](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "ETC Blog")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) Search ## [![blog-header](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-header.png?width=476&height=155&name=blog-header.png "blog-header")](https://www.etcconnect.com) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [✕](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett#gwen-offcanvas-primary) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) ![Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Images/marshall-bissett.png?width=200&name=marshall-bissett.png) # Marshall Bissett Marshall Bissett grew up in Central Scotland and studied theater direction at the Old Vic Theatre School. He worked on the original productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and toured with such acts as Chicago, Neil Diamond, and The Rolling Stones. In 1983 he founded TMB, a worldwide supplier of lighting equipment. He’s kept his hand in directing, which in retirement now vies for his time along with freelance writing and fly-fishing. [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/YellowFace_Broadway2024_PhotoByJoanMarcus_NewYorkNY_090083r-1200px.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/lap-chi-chu-lights-yellow-face) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Driving the Show with Lighting](https://blog.etcconnect.com/lap-chi-chu-lights-yellow-face) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 10-Apr-2025 In our continuing series on Broadway designers, Lap Chi Chu talks about his latest project, 2024’s Broadway production of *Yellow Face.* [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/lap-chi-chu-lights-yellow-face) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/OurTown-Broadway2024_PhotoByDanielRader_NewYorkNY_10022024_003.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/allen-lee-hughes-our-town) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [An American Classic by Lantern Light](https://blog.etcconnect.com/allen-lee-hughes-our-town) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 13-Mar-2025 In a career spanning fifty-three years, defying the law of averages, Broadway lighting designer Allen Lee Hughes made it till 2024 before lighting his first production of Thornton Wilder’s fabled American drama *Our Town*. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/allen-lee-hughes-our-town) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/2024_Broadway_TheWhosTommy_PhotobyMatthewMurphyandEvanZimmerman_10-1200px.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/amanda-zieve-lights-tommy) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Revisiting the Who's Master Work](https://blog.etcconnect.com/amanda-zieve-lights-tommy) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 13-Feb-2025 Lighting designer Amanda Zieve knew that lighting Broadway’s reimagined production of *Tommy* would inevitably invite comparisons to previous stagings of The Who’s musical as well as the band’s own spectacular shows. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/amanda-zieve-lights-tommy) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/2024_Broadway_HellsKitchen_PhotoByMarcFranklin_04.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/natasha-katz-collaborating-for-success) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Collaborating for Success](https://blog.etcconnect.com/natasha-katz-collaborating-for-success) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 5-Dec-2024 Lighting designer Natasha Katz added to her impressive resume in the last Broadway season with two Tony Award-nominated lighting designs; one for the quasi-horror play *Grey House* and another for the musical *Hell’s Kitchen* based around Alicia Keys’ music. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/natasha-katz-collaborating-for-success) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/2024_Broadway_HeartOfRockAndRoll_PhotoByMatthewMurphy_1200px05.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/heart-of-rock-and-roll-broadway) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Getting the Angles Right](https://blog.etcconnect.com/heart-of-rock-and-roll-broadway) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 7-Nov-2024 For Brooklyn-based and five-time Tony-nominated lighting designer Japhy Weideman, it’s all about the angles. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/heart-of-rock-and-roll-broadway) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/SpanishForkHS-1.jpeg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/not-your-parents-high-school) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Not Your Parents' High School](https://blog.etcconnect.com/not-your-parents-high-school) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 31-Oct-2024 What comes to mind when you picture the rigging from your high school theatre experience? A few overhead pipes tied off to wall-mounted cleats? If that is your memory, then you are not a graduate of the Utah school system. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/not-your-parents-high-school) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/famestory.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/etc-famous-in-greece) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [ETC Becomes Famous in Greece](https://blog.etcconnect.com/etc-famous-in-greece) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 10-Oct-2024 Greece has been the target of invaders since around 3000 BCE. In a modern and more welcome invasion, ETC fixtures and control have recently taken that country’s television and live events industry by storm. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/etc-famous-in-greece) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/JPLMarsRover_PasadenaCA_20240729_01.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/mars-rover-gets-its-close-up) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Mars Rover Gets Its Close-up](https://blog.etcconnect.com/mars-rover-gets-its-close-up) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 29-Aug-2024 There is much we don’t know about Mars but thanks to a creative design team, we have a good idea what a Mars rover looks like on the Red Planet. Luckily you don’t have to make the 140-million-mile journey, (roughly 40 years by car at 100 MPH if you could drive). Using an [ETC Unison Mosaic](https://www.etcconnect.com/Products/Architectural-Systems/Mosaic/) system, [...](https://kineticlighting.com/) [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/mars-rover-gets-its-close-up) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/LithuaniaSymphonyOrchestracongressHall-web.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/navis-sparkles-in-lithuania) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Navis Sparkles in Lithuania Symphony Orchestra congress Hall and National Drama Theatre Renovation](https://blog.etcconnect.com/navis-sparkles-in-lithuania) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 25-Jul-2024 ETC Workshop 2024 gave extra value with the creation of dealer excellence awards in a variety of categories. Corey Cascio, Field Project Coordinator for ETC Germany put forward Sonus Exsertus for their work on the Lithuania Symphony Orchestra congress Hall and National Drama Theatre (Main hall) in... 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